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Besties and the Books Podcast

Besties and the Books

We’re Ashley and Liz, two real-life besties who’ve loved books since we first learned to read, so naturally, we started a podcast! We would say the rest is history but in actuality, it"s just the beginning. So come join us in the next chapter of our lives as we introduce ourselves, and laugh our way through the world of books with a focus on Fantasy, Romantasy, and Dark Romance. Of course we have love for all book genres, but those are our absolute favorites!Don"t be shy, subscribe! New Podcasts

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73:24

Ep 28 Going Deep into Split or Swallow by Lindsay...

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2024/09/17

Send us a textDid you hear?! A couple of weeks ago we did our very first author interview with Lindsay Straube | @oxfordlemon and talked to her all about her new Amazon bestselling debut love triangle romance book, Split or Swallow. So what are we doing today? We’re taking our deep dive into the plot, so this one if for all the girlies who’ve read it, and who have been DYING to discuss it. Are you team Leo or Team Caspen? What did we think of the ritual? Are you a Bastian Stan? Are ...

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The Order of the Phoenix (and the triangle) | Harry...

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2024/09/13

Send us a textIt’s week 5 over here in this crazy Harry Potter whirlwind of a miniseries!Join Ashley and Liz as they read the entire HP series for the first time as full grown adults! Do you want our commentary? How about our thoughts on whether or not it’s controversial enough for our parents to BAN us from reading it as kids? We give you all of our opinions.Episode 5 covers book 5: Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix. The first five-ish minutes are spoiler free with our one sentence...

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Ep 27 🎃 5 Fall Book Recommendations + Halloween...

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2024/09/10

Send us a textLet’s talk about fall, bay-bee. Let’s talk about Hall-O-Ween. Cuz we are fall girlies over here at the BATB Podcast! And we think a lot of you are too. Today we’re bringing you a full episode of spooky season reads. Ashley and Liz count down five book suggestions (EACH) that we think will put you in the cozy Halloween mood, and that you definitely should add to your TBR! Then we list our top 5 (EACH) fall season hopefuls. That’s TWENTY reads to get you in the mood...

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50:22

There Ain’t Nothin’ in that Goblet of Fire...Snooze...

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2024/09/06

Send us a textIt’s week 4 of Ashley and Liz’s Harry Potter journey and BOY do we have some things to say about this 752 page book. Shockingly…Yes, we were banned from reading Harry Potter as kids, so we are spending these 8 weeks discovering everything for the first time… with you! Episode 4 covers book 4: Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire. The first five-ish minutes are spoiler free with our one sentence rapid star reviews. Then Liz attempts to detail the entire plot in five sentenc...

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Ep 26 It’s Serpent Summer with Lindsay Straube! |...

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2024/09/03

Send us a textToday’s Episode is BATB Podcast very first author interview! With none other than Lindsay Straube, Amazon BESTSELLING author of her popular love triangle basilisk romance, Split or Swallow.*Author interviews will always be spoiler free so everyone can enjoy them and determine whether or not we want to add these books to our never-ending TBR. So, proceed with absolutely NO caution!*Pick up your paperback copy or kindle download of Split or Swallon now @ Amazon! | * https://amzn.t...

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46:10

What’s Up with Harry Potter and the Prisoner of...

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2024/08/30

Send us a textHere we are in week 3 of Ashley & Liz’s Harry Potter Minisode Series!Yes, we were banned from reading Harry Potter as kids, and yes, we’re reading them for the first time now as elder Millennials. And we wanna talk about them with you! Episode 3 covers book 3: Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban. The first five-ish minutes are spoiler free with our one sentence rapid star reviews. Then Liz takes us on a chaotic journey of run-on sentences detailing the entire plo...

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67:52

Ep 25 But...AM I THE A HOLE?? | Reacting to MORE AITA...

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2024/08/27

Send us a Text Message.We’re back in your ears with Part 3 of your favorite silly series where we respond to “Am I The A Hole” Bookish Questions from Reddit, and then pose those same questions to you, our listeners! Do we think that curating your own free little library to NOT include ancient Tom Clancy paperbacks makes you an a hole? What about giving away the book your friend wrote, then gifted to you? Is it wrong to give a book 1⭐️, or to refuse to give back a book someone sold to you...

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"I Want What's In THAT Chamber of Secrets!" | Harry...

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2024/08/23

Send us a Text Message.Welcome back to Ashley & Liz’s Harry Potter Minisode series! We were BANNED from reading Harry Potter as kids, so naturally, we’d grow up to read them in our mid 30’s and podcast about it.Episode 2 covers book 2: Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets. The first five-ish minutes are spoiler free with our one sentence rapid star reviews. Then Liz takes us on a poetic journey detailing the entire plot in five sentences or less. Will she succeed or will we have...

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Ep 24 Recommendations & Warnings! 1 Sentence Rapid...

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2024/08/20

Send us a Text Message.Where did we come from? Where did we go? Where did we come from… Cotten Eye Joe? Today on the pod Ashley and Liz tell you all about our recent Alaska Cruise Vacay, and how much fun it was to buddy read our ARCs of Split or Swallow by Lindsay Straube @oxfordlemon while sailing through fjords and glaciers! It truly was magical. Then we grace your ears with one sentence reviews of every book we read from January until June in our first ever rapid review reading r...

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Reading Harry Potter For The First Time As Adults! |...

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2024/08/16

Send us a Text Message.Welcome to Ashley & Liz’s first mini episode bonus series, this round featuring Harry Potter! If you’ve been following our “satanic panic” series then you know, we were BANNED from reading Harry Potter as children, so we’re reclaiming that experience for ourselves by reading this series FOR THE FIRST TIME as mid 30’s fantasy obsessed book podcasters. And we’re takin’ you all along for the ride! Episode 1 covers book 1: Harry Potter & the Sorcerer’s Sto...

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Ep 23 Reacting to YOUR Unpopular Book Opinions!

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2024/08/13

Send us a Text Message.This episode is exactly what it sounds like! After our last “unpopular opinions” episode, you all sent us your most unpopular bookish opinions so Ashley and Liz can react to them. And we sure had a blast! We start off with some easy ones like: do you dog ear your pages or satisfyingly crack those book spines? Then we move into some more polarizing unpopular opinions about House of Flame & Shadow, H.D. Carlton, and a new popular book about serial killers! D...

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Ep 22 Satanic Panic of 90s! Book Bans, Ouija Boards,...

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2024/07/30

Today is the day Ashley and Liz take the deep dive. You know us, we’re usually Sparknotes gals… but in order to paint the entire Satanic Panic picture we have to take you back to where it all began…so we did the research! What exactly started our parent’s obsession with the occult, ultimately resulting in them banning us from reading Harry Potter? Was it Charles Manson, Ted Bundy, and the Zodiac Killer? Or could it have been razor blades in Halloween candy, ouija boards and the Tylenol m...

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Ep 21 Should YOU Read "A Touch of Gold and Madness"?...

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2024/07/23

Believe it or not, we’re on our FOURTH installment in our Book Trope Series! Today is all about the book Ashley picked for Liz based on her top five favorite book tropes, and book boyfriend qualities: A Touch of Gold & Madness by K. L. Devore. Did this book cover all of Liz’s bases? Like a morally grey MMC, mutually healing trauma, and enemies to lovers? Or did we uncover “icks” that Liz didn’t even know she had… that involve dancing and musical instruments? Listen on to find ou...

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Ep 20 Books That TRAUMATIZED US as kids ✨ BOOKS THAT...

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2024/07/16

Today is the big kick off of our Satanic Panic Series! We laugh, we cry, we use this platform to help heal ourselves, and hopefully you all, by discussing topics that are difficult, but ultimately helped to shape us as people.First and foremost, take care of yourselves. Please be aware of Trigger Warnings, and adjust your listening as necessary. Your mental health comes first. Ashley and Liz discuss 2 books (each) that we read as kids that drastically changed our outlook on life, and tha...

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Ep 19 Is THE GREAT GATSBY Still Great 100 YEARS...

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2024/07/09

Today we’re back for our fourth installment in our “Books That Made Us” nostalgia series, covering our reread of a classic: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.We venture back to highschool in the early 2000’s to remember all the books that made the deepest impact on us, even if we didn’t realize it then. The themes, the quotes, the characters… everything holds up to make The Great Gatsby more enjoyable and immersive each time we read it. Find out how we rated it, and what we think about ...

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Ep 18 Am I The A HOLE, Honestly?! REACTING TO MORE...

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2024/07/02

We’re back at it with Part 2 of the popular series where we respond to “Am I The A Hole” Bookish Questions on Reddit, and then pose those same questions to you, our listeners! Do we think getting upset at your coworker who won’t leave you alone about books is okay? Does telling your group of friends at a party that your husband isn’t “well read” make you an a hole? What about reading aloud on a cruise ship for everyone to hear? You hear all of our opinions here first! Including our ...

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Ep 17 Book of Azrael was overhyped? | BOOK TROPE PICK...

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2024/06/25

Welcome back to the BATB Podcast, where your hosts Liz and Ashley pick books for each other to read based on our most liked and least liked tropes so that we can talk to you about them! Well… sometimes that’s what we do!Today is our first follow up episode to our favorite tropes / “non-icks,” where we report back on The Book of Azrael by Amber V. Nicole, the book Liz picked for Ashley based on her top five favorite tropes: a good twist (or several), slow burn, enemies to lovers, badass FMC wh...

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53:52

Ep 16 Life-Changing BOOKS THAT MADE US ✨ High School...

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2024/06/18

You all know that as proud Millennials, Ashley and Liz like to use this podcast as a way to take us all back. So picture it. It’s 2004. You’re reluctantly reading some book your English teacher assigned. Maybe it’s The Great Gatsby, Fahrenheit 451, or Brave New World. You want to like it, you sort of do, but between the New Found Glory concerts and sneaking away to Warped Tour, it’s hard to focus. So you watch the movie version that gets wheeled in on the media cart during a school day with a...

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Ep 15 A Court of Mist and Fury (+ Book Bingeing &...

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2024/06/11

Today we continue our ACOTAR Deep Dive Series into book two, A Court of Mist and Fury! Come along this journey with us as we hash out all the major plot points, meet the inner circle, and ask important questions like IS TAMLIN REDEEMABLE? Do you want to discuss these books with us in real time? Find us on Fable @bestiesandthebookclub for more in depth discussion on this series, and all of our podcast, bookclub, and buddy reads!ACOTAR buddy read on Fable | https://fable.co/club/acotar-bud...

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Ep 14 "Fourth Wing was overhyped!" UNPOPULAR book...

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2024/06/04

We love unpopular *book* opinions, yes we do! We love unpopular *book* opinions, how about you?!On today’s episode Ashley and Liz delve into the world of unpopular bookish opinions sent in by you, our listeners and subscribers! Do we cringe when a popular book is being torn up in order to be rebound? Do books set unrealistic expectations for men? Was Fourth Wing overhyped? Is Sarah J Maas just not that impressive? Do we annotate? We respond to all these great questions, share our fa...

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